John e



(No Model.)

J. E. NORWO0D.

TROUSERS GUARD.

No. 585,162. Patented June'ZZ, 1897.

Fic u 4- \NVENTIJR WITNEEEES: v I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. NORWOOD, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO AUGUSTIN L. TAVEAU,OF SAME PLACE.

TROUSERS-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,162, dated June 22,1897.

Applioatioh filed August 28, 1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. NORWOOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Trousers-Guards, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a trousers-guard for use of bicyclers.

The object of the device is to hold the lower part of the pants legsclosely wrapped or folded about the ankle, the guard being in a positionwhere it will be unseen.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whi chFigure 1 is a side view of the device. Fig. 2 is atop edge view of same.Fig. 3 is a view of the top cross-bar. Fig. 4 is a View of a foot andpants-leg with the guard or clasp attached to the folded pants. Fig. 5is a diagram or section showing the position of the downward bars andclamp-bars of the guard in the folds of the pants. I

The guard or clasp is formed of wire and has a frame which is nearlyrectangular in side View. The top cross-bar a of the frame has at thecenter a lateral offsetting bend b, and the two upper cornersc of theframe are curved or turned forward. Connected with each top corner is adownward bar (1, which has a lower corner bend d, from which a bottomcross-bar 6 extends to the middle. At the middle are two straightparallel upwardprojecting clamp-bars f, which normally are in contact,and the upper ends of these clampbars bear in or press against the saidoffsetting bend in the top cross-bar. The extremities f of theclamp-bars f spread apart V shape and thereby facilitate entrance up thepants-leg.

The application of this device to the pantsleg is shown in the drawings.The leg of the pants is to be folded inwardly, so as to produce aninterior loop-space h and two exterior lapel folds g g, the edges g ofwhich are brought together and abut, as shown. The

said two abutting fold edges 9 are clamped by the two straight parallelbars f. The top cross-bar a has position in the interior loopspace h,formed by the lapel-folds, and the two short bottom cross-bars 6 come atthe lower edge of the pants-leg. It will be seen Serial No. 604,156. (Nomodel.)

the clamp action is twofold-first, the clamp action of the two straightparallel bars f, pressing the abutting fold edges 9 of the 5 5 pantsbetween them, and, second, the gripping action of the upper part of bothof said bars f and the top cross-bar a on one thickness of the twolapel-folds g 9 between them. This last-named one thickness is grippedin the offsetting bend b. It will also be seen the two forwardly-curvedcorners 0 press the goods outwardly, havingasort of claw action, whilethe two parallel bars f, between said curved corners, press the goodsinwardly. Consequently the friction thus induced, without injuring thegoods, serves to give the device a grip on the goods that prevents thedevice from slipping down and off the pants.

Constructed, as this device is, of one piece of wire and applied as hereshown it makes a neat and convenient appliance for pantslegs and holdsthe latter closely wrapped or folded about the ankle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A guard or clampfor trousers-legs, comprising a wire device having a top cross-bar,

a, provided with an offsetting bend at the center; two downward bars,01, each bent at its lower part to form a short bottom crossbar, 6, twoclosely-adjoining parallel upwardprojecting bars, f, whose upper endspress into said offsetting bend on the top cross-barand the two uppercorners, c, at said top cross- 8 5 bar being bent forward.

2. A guard or clamp for trousers-legs, comprising a wire frame nearlyrectangular having a top cross-bar; two straight, downward side bars, d;a short bottom cross-bar, e, at- 0 tached to each downward bar, and atthe middle two straight closely-adjoining parallel upward-projectingbars, f, whereby the said two side bars may take position in an interiorloop-space on the pants-leg while the said parallel bars clamp the edgesof two eX- terior lapel-folds of the pants-leg.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN F. NORWOOD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. MANN, Jr., LEE I. VAN HORN.

